RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
AUSTINS STEAKS & SALOON CORP.
ARTICLE I
OFFICE
Section 1.01 Principal Office
. The principal office of the Corporation
shall be located in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The corporation may have such other offices,
either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may
designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.
Section 1.02 Registered Office
. The Board of Directors shall designate, and
may from time to time change, the registered office and registered agent to of
the corporation. The registered office
of the corporation required by the Delaware Business Corporation Act to be
maintained in the State of Delaware may be, but need no be, identical with the
principal office of the corporation in the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.01 Annual Meeting
. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall
be held on the third Wednesday in the month of May in each year, beginning with
the year 2000, at the hour of 10:00 o=clock a.m., for the purpose of electing
directors and for the transaction of such other proper business as may come
before the meeting. If the day fixed
for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Delaware, such
meeting shall be held on the nest succeeding business day. If the lection of directors shall not be
held on the day designated for the annual meeting of the stockholders, or at
any adjournment thereof, the Board-of-Directors shall cause the election to be
held at a special meeting of the stockholders to be called as soon thereafter
as practical.
Section 2.02 Special Meeting
. Special meetings of the stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes germane to the business of the corporation, unless
otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President, by the
Chairman of the Board, or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the
President at the request of the holders of not less than twenty percent of all
the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 2.03 Place of Meetings
. The Board of Directors may designate any
place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting
for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of
Directors. A waiver of notice signed by
all stockholders of record entitled to vote at a meeting is otherwise called,
the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation.
Section 2.04 Notice of Meeting
. Written or printed notice stating the place,
day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten
nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or
by mail, by or at the direction of the President or the Secretary, or the
officer or persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled
to vote at such meeting. If mailed,
such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States
mail, first class postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his address
as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation.
Section 2.05 Closing of Transfer Books for Fixing Record Date
.
For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or stockholders
entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a
determination of stockholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors of
the corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a
stated period not to exceed, in any case, fifty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of
determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days but not longer
than 50 days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors
may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of
stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty days prior to the
date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of
stockholders, is to be taken. If the
stock transfer books are not closed and the record date is fixed for the
determination of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a
dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on
which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is
adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of
stockholders. When a determination of
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as
provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment
thereof.
Section 2.06 Voting Lists
. The officer or agent having charge of the
stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten
days before each meeting of stockholders, a completer list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in
alphabetical order, with the address of the number of shares held by each,
which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept at a
place within the city where the meeting to be held, which place shall e
specified in the notice of meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where
the meeting is to be held. Such list
shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the
meeting, at any time during usual business hours during such ten-day
period. Such list shall also be
produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be
subject to the inspection of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall be
prima facie evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such
list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.07 Quorum
. A majority of the issued and outstanding shares
of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person
or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of the capital stock are represented at a meeting, a
majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time
without further notice. At such
adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be
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present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have
been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue
to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding that less than a quorum
may thereafter be represented.
Section 2.08 Proxies
. At all meetings of stockholders, a
stockholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the
stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary
of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after six months
from the date of its execution.
Section 2.09 Voting of Shares
. Each outstanding share of the capital stock
of the corporation entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each
matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.10 Voting of Shares by Certain Holders
.
(a) Corporation
. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted
as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such
provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.
(b) Personal Representatives; Trustees
. Shares held by an administrator, personal
representative, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either
in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may
be voted by him, wither in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled
to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.
(c) Receiver
. Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such
receiver by proxy, and share held by or under the control of a receiver may be
voted by such receiver, wither in person or without the transfer thereof into
his name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the
court by which such receiver was appointed.
(d) Shares Pledged
. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall
be entitled to vote such shares until his shares have been transferred into the
name of the pledgee, and thereafter the transferee/pledge shall be entitled to
vote the shares so transferred.
(e) Treasury Stock
. Shares of its own stock belonging to the
corporation shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and
shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at
any given time; provided, however, the shares of its own stock held by the
corporation in a fiduciary capacity may be voted and shall be counted in determining
the total number of outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation
from time to time.
Section 2.11 Informal Action by Stockholders
. Any action required to be taken at a meeting
of the stockholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be
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signed by the stockholders owning the requisite percentage of the outstanding
voting stock required under the Delaware Corporate Law.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.01 General Powers
. The business and affairs of the corporation
shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors.
Section 3.02 Number, Tenure and Qualifications
. The number of directors of the corporation
shall be not less than three nor more than eleven. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of
stockholders and until his successor shall have been elected and
qualified. Directors need not be
residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the corporation.
Section 3.03 Regular Meetings
. A
regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be hold without notice other
than this bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting
of the stockholders. The Board of
Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, wither within or
without the State of Delaware, for the holding of additional regular meetings
without other notice than such resolution.
Section 3.04 Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call
special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or
without the State of Delaware, as the place for holding any special meeting of
the Board of Directors called by them.
Section 3.05 Notice
. Notice of any special meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be delivered at least two days before the date of such
meeting by written notice to each director delivered personally, by telegram or
mailed to each director at his business address. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when
deposited in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, so
addressed. If notice is given by
telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is
delivered to the telegraph company. Any
director may waive notice of any meeting.
The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, unless a director attends a meeting of the express
purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is
not lawfully called or convened.
Neither the business to be transacted at not the purpose of, any regular
or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or
waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section 3.06 Quorum
. A majority of the number of directors fixed
by Section 3.02 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at
any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is
present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time without further notice.
Section 3.07 Manner of Acting
. Any action of the majority of the directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the
Board of Directors.
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Section 3.08 Vacancies
. Any director may resign at any time by
giving written notice the President or to the Secretary of the
corporation. Such resignation shall
take effect as of the time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective. Any vacancy occurring in the
Board of Directors, whether through death, resignation or the increase in the
number of directors, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Directorships created by an increase in the
number of directors do not have to filled by a vote of the stockholders.
Section 3.09 Committees of Directors
. There may be an Executive Committee of three
or more Directors designated by resolution passed by a majority of the whole
Board, and the Board shall have the power at any time to remove any of the
members thereof and to appoint other persons in lieu of the persons so removed. The Executive Committee shall elect its own
chairman. The Executive Committee
between the meetings of the Board of Directors may exercise all of the powers
of the Board of Directors in the management of the normal business affairs of
the Corporation; provided, however, this shall not be construed as giving the
Executive Committee any power or authority to rescind or void any previous
actions of the Board of Directors, to change the corporate structure of the
Company, to issue bonds, debentures, or other forms of permanent financing, declare
dividends, issue additional stock of the Corporation, to amend these bylaws, to
fill vacancies in the Board or the Executive Committee, or to do any act which
is otherwise expressly reserved to the Directors by Section 11(c) of the
Delaware Corporation Law, by the bylaws or by resolution of the Board of
Directors heretofore or hereafter adopted.
The Executive Committee shall also have, and may exercise, all the
powers of the Board of Directors, as outlined in this paragraph, whenever a
quorum of the Board shall fail to be present at any meeting of the Board.
All action of the Executive Committee shall be
reported to the Board of Directors at its meeting next succeeding such action,
and shall be subject to revision and alteration by the Board, provided that no
rights of third parties shall be affected by any such revision or
alteration. Regular minutes of the
proceedings of the Executive Committee shall be kept in a book provided for the
purpose. Vacancies in the Executive
Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
A majority of the Executive Committee shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum, and, in every case, an affirmative vote of a
majority of the members shall be necessary for the passage of any
resolution. It shall fix its own rules
of procedure and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolution of the
Board, and it shall also meet at the call of the chairman, or of any two
members of the Committee. Should the
Executive Committee fail to fix its own rules, the provisions of these bylaws,
pertaining to the calling of meetings and conduct of business by the Board of
Directors, shall apply as nearly as practical.
The Board of Directors, may by resolution or
resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more
other committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the Directors of
the Corporation, which may exercise such powers to the extent provided in said
resolution or resolutions. Such
committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time
by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
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Section 3.10 Minutes of Committees
. When required, the other committees shall
keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report same to the Board of
Directors.
Section 3.11 Compensation
. By resolution of the Board of Directors; the
directors may be paid their expenses, if any, incurred in attending each
meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid fixed sum for attendance at each
meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director
from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
Section 3.12 Compensation of Committee Members
. Members of committees may be allowed such
additional compensation and reimbursement of expenses over and above their
compensation as Directors as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
Section 3.13 Presumption of Assent
. A director of the corporation who is present
at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter
is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his
dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file
his written dissent to such action with the person acting as Secretary of the
meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by
registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after
adjournment of the meeting. Such right
to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
Section 3.14 Informal Action by Directors
. Any action required or permitted to be taken
at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the
directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consent shall have the same force and
effect as a unanimous vote of the directors, and may be stated as such in any
article or document files with the Secretary of State under the Delaware
Business Corporation Act.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 4.01 Number
. The officers of the corporation may include
a Chairman of the Board of the Board and shall include a President, one or more
Vice Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board of
Directors), a secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the
Board of Directors. Such other officers
and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed
by the Board of Directors. Any two or
more officers may be held by the same person and any office, other than
President and Secretary, may be left unfilled for any period at the discretion
of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.02 Election and Term of Office
. The officers of the corporation to be
elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of
Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual
meeting of the stockholders. If the
election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be
held as soon thereafter as practical.
Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly
elected and shall have qualified or
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until his death, resignation or removal in the manner provided in
Section 4.03.
Section 4.03 Removal
. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by
the Board of Directors may be removed by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Board of Directors whenever in its judgement the best interest of the
corporation would be served thereby, nut such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Section 4.04 Vacancies
. A vacancy in an office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise may be filled by the Board
of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 4.05 Chairman of the Board
. If
a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and Board of Directors and shall have such powers and preform such
duties as from time to time may be conferred or imposed upon him by the Board
of Directors.
Section 4.06 President
. Subject to any delegation of powers and
duties to the Chairman or the Board by the Board of Directors, the President
shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, in general supervise
and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board,
he shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the
Board of Directors. He may sign, with
the Secretary or any other officer of the corporation duly authorized by the
Board of Directors, certificate for shares of the corporation, any deeds,
mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments which the Board of Directors
has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution
thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these bylaws
to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law
to be otherwise signed or executed. In
addition, the President shall perform all duties incident to the office of
President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors
from time to time.
Section 4.07 Vice Presidents
. In the absence of the President or in the
event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the
event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order
designated at the time of their election, or, in the absence of any
designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of
the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject
to all the restrictions upon the authority of the President. Any Vice President may sign, with the
Secretary or any other officer of the corporation duly authorized by the Board
of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform
such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by
the Board of Directors.
Section 4.08 Secretary
. The Secretary shall (i) keep the minutes of
all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors in one or more
books provided for the purpose; (ii) see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required bu law; (iii) be
custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see
that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of
which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (iv) keep
a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be
furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder; (v) sign with the President, or
a Vice
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President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of
which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (vi)
have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (vii)
in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such
other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by
the Board of Directors.
Section 4.09 Treasurer
. If required by the Board of Directors, the
Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such
sum and with sure surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall
determine. He shall: (i) have charge and
custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation,
receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from
any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the
corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be
selected in accordance with provisions of Article V of these bylaws; and (ii)
in general perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such
other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by
the Board of Directors.
Section 4.10 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers
. Each Assistant Secretary, when authorized by
the Board of Directors, may sign with the President or Vice President
certificates for shares of the corporation the issuance of which shall have
been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Each Assistant Treasurer shall, if required
by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their
duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall
determine. Each Assistant Secretary and
Assistant Treasurer, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned
to them by the Secretary of the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or
the Board of Directors.
Section 4.11 Salaries
. The salary of each officer of the
corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no
officers shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact
that he is also a director of the corporation.
ARTICLE V
CONTRACTS, LOANS CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Sections 5.01 Contracts
. The Board of Directors may authorize any
officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute
and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and
authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 5.02 Loans
. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of
the corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name
unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to
specific instances.
Section 5.03 Checks, Drafts, Etc
. All checks, drafts or other orders for the
payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name
of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agent or
agents, of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
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Section 5.04 Deposits
. All funds of the corporation not otherwise
employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation
in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors
may select.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 6.01 Certificates for Shares
. Certificates representing shares of the
capital stock of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined
by the Board of Directors. Such
certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise
identified. The name and address of the
person to whom the shares of the capital stock of the corporation represented
thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be
entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the
corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate(s) shall be
issued until the former certificates(s) for a like number of shares shall have
been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or
mutilated certificate a new certificate may be issues therefor upon such terms
and with such indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may
prescribe.
Section 6.02 Consideration for Shares
. Shares of the capital stock of the
corporation shall be issued for such consideration, expressed in dollars, (but
not less than the par value thereof) as shall be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors. Treasury shares
shall be disposed of for such consideration, expressed in dollars, as may be
fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Such consideration may consist, in whole or in part, of money,
other property, tangible or intangible, or of labor or services actually
performed for the corporation, but neither promissory notes nor future services
shall constitute payment or part payment for shares of the capital stock of the
corporation.
Section 6.03 Transfer of Shares
. Upon surrender to the corporation or to a
transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares of the
capital stock of the corporation duly endorsed or accompanied by proper
evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, and such
documentary stamps as may be required by law, it shall be the duty of the
corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto and to
cancel the old certificate. Every such
transfer of stock shall be entered on the stock book of the corporation which
shall be kept at its principal office, or by its registrar duly appointed. The corporation shall be entitled to treat
the holder of record of any shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof, and,
accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall
have express or other notice thereof, except as may be required by the laws of
Delaware.
Section 6.04 Lost Certificates
. In case of the alleged loss, destruction or
mutilation of a certificate of the capital stock of the corporation, the Board
of Directors may direct the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof upon
such terms and conditions in conformity with law as it may prescribe. The Boar of Directors may in its discretion
require a bond in such form and amount and
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with such surety as it may determine before issuing a new certificate.
Section 6.05 Stock Transfer Restrictions
. The corporation shall have the right by
appropriate action to impose restrictions upon the transfer of any shares of
its capital stock, or any interest therein, from time to time issued, provided
that such restrictions as may be from time to time so imposed or notice of the
substance thereof shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificates
representing such shares of capital stock.
ARTICLES VII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 7.01 Right to Indemnification
. The corporation shall indemnify any
director, officer or employee, or any former director, officer or employee, of
the corporation, or any person who may have served at its request as a
director, officer or employee of another corporation in which the corporation
owns shares of capital stock or of which it is a creditor or in which the
corporation has interest, against any and all expenses (including attorneys
fees), liabilities, claims, judgements, fines, costs and amounts paid in
settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by or imposed upon such director,
officer or employee, in connection with, arising out of or resulting from any
claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether threatened, pending or completed and
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including appeals),
in which such person may be involved or to which such person is or may be made
a party by reason of such persons being or having been a director, officer or
employee of the corporation or, at its request, of any other corporation.
Section 7.02 Limitations
. The right to such persons to indemnification
by the corporation shall extend to all matters as to which a majority of the
disinterested remaining directors of the corporation, or independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, shall determine that such director, officer or
employee acted in good faith, for a purpose which such person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation or of
such other corporation and had no reasonable cause to believe that such conduct
was unlawful. The right of
indemnification shall not extend to matters as to which such director, officer
or employee is finally adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to have been
liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person=s duty to
the corporation, except to the extent that the court in which such action or
suit was brought may determine upon application that despite such adjudication
of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.
Section 7.03 Expenses
. The corporation may advance expenses to, or
where appropriate may itself at its expense undertake the defense of, any such
director, officer or employee provided that such person shall have undertaken
to reimburse such expenses if it should be ultimately
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determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under this
Article. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings made or
commenced after the adoption of this Article, whether arising from acts or
omissions occurring before or after its adoption.
Section 7.04 Non-Exclusive
. The right of indemnification herein provided
shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such director, officer or
employee may be entitled as a matter of law, shall continue as to a person who
had ceased to be a director, officer or employee, and shall inure to the
benefit of heirs, executors, administrators and person representatives of such
person.
Section 7.05 Liability Insurance
. The corporation may purchase and maintain
liability insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer
or employee of the corporation against any liability asserted against such
person and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such
person=s status as a director, officer or employee of the corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.01 Fiscal Year
. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Section 8.02 Dividends
. The Board of Directors may from time to time
declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in
the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and in its Article
of Incorporation.
Section 8.03 Seal
. The Board of Directors may provide a
corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon
the names of the corporation, the state of incorporation and the date of
incorporation.
Section 8.04 Waiver of Notice
. Whenever any notice is required to be given
to any stockholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these
by-laws, its articles of incorporation or the Delaware Business Corporation
Act, a waiver of such notice in writing, signed by the person or persons
entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
Section 8.05 Amendments
. These bylaws may be altered, amended or
repealed and new bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular
or special meeting of the Board of Directors.
Sections 8.06 Parliamentary Authority
. In all meetings of the corporation whether
of the stockholders or the directors, ARoberts Rule of Order, as revised,
shall be the authority on parliamentary law, except when in conflict with
express provisions of these bylaws.
Certificate of Secretary
The undersigned, being the duly elected and acting
Secretary of Austins Steaks & Saloon
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Corp. a Delaware corporation, does hereby certify that the foregoing
Bylaws of the corporation constitute a true and complete copy of the Bylaws of
the corporation which were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
corporation on May , 2000.
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Dated: May 10, 2000
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Robyn B. Mabe, Secretary
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